Garden bean named ‘10417’

ABSTRACT

A novel garden bean cultivar, designated ‘10417’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar ‘10417’, to the plants of garden bean ‘10417’ and to methods for producing a garden bean plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘10417’ with itself or another garden bean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid garden bean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘10417’ with another garden bean cultivar.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinctive garden bean(Phaseolus vulgaris L.) variety, designated ‘10417’. There are numeroussteps in the development of any novel, desirable plant germplasm. Plantbreeding begins with the analysis and definition of problems andweaknesses of the current germplasm, the establishment of program goals,and the definition of specific breeding objectives. The next step isselection of germplasm that possess the traits to meet the programgoals. The goal is to combine in a single variety an improvedcombination of desirable traits from the parental germplasm. Theseimportant traits may include higher seed yield, resistance to diseasesand insects, better stems and roots, tolerance to drought and heat, andbetter agronomic quality.

Choice of breeding or selection methods depends on the mode of plantreproduction, the heritability of the trait(s) being improved, and thetype of cultivar used commercially (e.g., F₁, hybrid cultivar, purelinecultivar, etc.). For highly heritable traits, a choice of superiorindividual plants evaluated at a single location will be effective,whereas for traits with low heritability, selection should be based onmean values obtained from replicated evaluations of families of relatedplants. Popular selection methods commonly include pedigree selection,modified pedigree selection, mass selection, and recurrent selection.

The complexity of inheritance influences choice of the breeding method.Backcross breeding is used to transfer one or a few favorable genes fora highly heritable trait into a desirable cultivar. This approach hasbeen used extensively for breeding disease-resistant cultivars. Variousrecurrent selection techniques are used to improve quantitativelyinherited traits controlled by numerous genes. The use of recurrentselection in self-pollinating crops depends on the ease of pollination,the frequency of successful hybrids from each pollination, and thenumber of hybrid offspring from each successful cross.

Each breeding program should include a periodic, objective evaluation ofthe efficiency of the breeding procedure. Evaluation criteria varydepending on the goal and objectives, but should include gain fromselection per year based on comparisons to an appropriate standard,overall value of the advanced breeding lines, and number of successfulcultivars produced per unit of input (e.g., per year, per dollarexpended, etc.).

Promising advanced breeding lines are thoroughly tested and compared toappropriate standards in environments representative of the commercialtarget area(s) for three or more years. The best lines are candidatesfor new commercial cultivars; those still deficient in a few traits maybe used as parents to produce new populations for further selection.

These processes, which lead to the final step of marketing anddistribution, usually take from eight to 12 years from the time thefirst cross is made. Therefore, development of new cultivars is atime-consuming process that requires precise forward planning, efficientuse of resources, and a minimum of changes in direction.

A most difficult task is the identification of individuals that aregenetically superior, because for most traits the true genotypic valueis masked by other confounding plant traits or environmental factors.One method of identifying a superior plant is to observe its performancerelative to other experimental plants and to a widely grown standardcultivar. If a single observation is inconclusive, replicatedobservations provide a better estimate of its genetic worth.

The goal of plant breeding is to develop new, unique and superior gardenbean cultivars and hybrids. The breeder initially selects and crossestwo or more parental lines, followed by repeated selfing and selection,producing many new genetic combinations. The breeder can theoreticallygenerate billions of different genetic combinations via crossing,selfing and mutations. The breeder has no direct control at the cellularlevel. Therefore, two breeders will never develop the same line, or evenvery similar lines, having the same garden bean traits.

Each year, the plant breeder selects the germplasm to advance to thenext generation. This germplasm is grown under unique and differentgeographical, climatic and soil conditions, and further selections arethen made, during and at the end of the growing season. The cultivarswhich are developed are unpredictable. This unpredictability is becausethe breeder's selection occurs in unique environments, with no controlat the DNA level (using conventional breeding procedures), and withmillions of different possible genetic combinations being generated. Abreeder of ordinary skill in the art cannot predict the final resultinglines he develops, except possibly in a very gross and general fashion.The same breeder cannot produce the same cultivar twice by using theexact same original parents and the same selection techniques. Thisunpredictability results in the expenditure of large amounts of researchmonies to develop superior new garden bean cultivars.

The development of new garden bean cultivars requires the developmentand selection of garden bean varieties, the crossing of these varietiesand selection of superior hybrid crosses. The hybrid seed is produced bymanual crosses between selected male-fertile parents. These hybrids areselected for certain genetic traits such as pod straightness, erecthabit, root structure and disease resistance. Additional data onparental lines, as well as the phenotype of the hybrid, influence thebreeder's decision whether to continue with the specific hybrid cross.

Pedigree breeding and recurrent selection breeding methods are used todevelop cultivars from breeding populations. Breeding programs combinedesirable traits from two or more cultivars or various broad-basedsources into breeding pools from which cultivars are developed byselfing and selection of desired phenotypes. The new cultivars areevaluated to determine which have commercial potential.

Pedigree breeding is used commonly for the improvement ofself-pollinating crops. Two parents which possess favorable,complementary traits are crossed to produce an F₁. An F₂ population isproduced by selfing one or several F₁'s. Selection of the bestindividuals may begin in the F₂ population; then, beginning in the F₃,the best individuals in the best families are selected. Replicatedtesting of families can begin in the F₄ generation to improve theeffectiveness of selection for traits with low heritability. At anadvanced stage of inbreeding (i.e., F₆ and F₇), the best lines ormixtures of phenotypically similar lines are tested for potentialrelease as new cultivars.

Backcross breeding has been used to transfer genes for a simplyinherited, highly heritable trait into a desirable homozygous cultivaror inbred line which is the recurrent parent. The source of the trait tobe transferred is called the donor parent. The resulting plant isexpected to have the attributes of the recurrent parent (e.g., cultivar)and the desirable trait transferred from the donor parent. After theinitial cross, individuals possessing the phenotype of the donor parentare selected and repeatedly crossed (backcrossed) to the recurrentparent. The resulting plant is expected to have the attributes of therecurrent parent (e.g., cultivar) and the desirable trait transferredfrom the donor parent.

The single-seed descent procedure in the strict sense refers to plantinga segregating population, harvesting a sample of one seed per plant, andusing the one-seed sample to plant the next generation. When thepopulation has been advanced from the F₂ to the desired level ofinbreeding, the plants from which lines are derived will each trace todifferent F₂ individuals. The number of plants in a population declineseach generation due to failure of some seeds to germinate or some plantsto produce at least one seed. As a result, not all of the F₂ plantsoriginally sampled in the population will be represented by a progenywhen generation advance is completed.

Descriptions of other breeding methods that are commonly used fordifferent traits and crops can be found in one of several referencebooks (e.g., Allard, 1960; Simmonds, 1979; Sneep et al., 1979; Fehr,1987).

Proper testing should detect any major faults and establish the level ofsuperiority or improvement over current cultivars. In addition toshowing superior performance, there must be a demand for a new cultivarthat is compatible with industry standards or which creates a newmarket. The introduction of a new cultivar will incur additional coststo the seed producer, the grower, processor and consumer; for specialadvertising and marketing, altered seed and commercial productionpractices, and new product utilization. The testing preceding release ofa new cultivar should take into consideration research and developmentcosts as well as technical superiority of the final cultivar. Forseed-propagated cultivars, it must be feasible to produce seed easilyand economically. Garden bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is an important andvaluable vegetable crop. Thus, a continuing goal of plant breeders is todevelop stable, high yielding garden bean cultivars that areagronomically sound. The reasons for this goal are obviously to maximizethe amount of yield produced on the land. To accomplish this goal, thegarden bean breeder must select and develop garden bean plants that havethe traits that result in superior cultivars.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to the invention, there is provided a novel garden beancultivar, designated ‘10417’. This invention thus relates to the seedsof garden bean cultivar ‘10417’, to the plants of garden bean ‘10417’and to methods for producing a garden bean plant produced by crossingthe garden bean ‘10417’ with itself or another garden bean line.

Thus, any such methods using the garden bean variety ‘10417’ are part ofthis invention: selfing, backcrosses, hybrid production, crosses topopulations, and the like. All plants produced using garden bean variety‘10417’ as a parent are within the scope of this invention.Advantageously, the garden bean variety could be used in crosses withother, different, garden bean plants to produce first generation (F₁)garden bean hybrid seeds and plants with superior characteristics.

In another aspect, the present invention provides for single geneconverted plants of ‘10417’. The single transferred gene may preferablybe a dominant or recessive allele. Preferably, the single transferredgene will confer such traits as herbicide resistance, insect resistance,resistance for bacterial, fungal, or viral disease, male fertility, malesterility, enhanced nutritional quality, and industrial usage. Thesingle gene may be a naturally occurring garden bean gene or a transgeneintroduced through genetic engineering techniques.

In another aspect, the present invention provides regenerable cells foruse in tissue culture of garden bean plant ‘10417’. The tissue culturewill preferably be capable of regenerating plants having thephysiological and morphological characteristics of the foregoing gardenbean plant, and of regenerating plants having substantially the samegenotype as the foregoing garden bean plant. Preferably, the regenerablecells in such tissue cultures will be embryos, seeds and meristematiccells. Still further, the present invention provides garden bean plantsregenerated from the tissue cultures of the invention.

DEFINITIONS

In the description and tables which follow, a number of terms are used.In order to provide a clear and consistent understanding of thespecification and claims, including the scope to be given such terms,the following definitions are provided:

Maturity Date

Plants are considered mature when the pods have reached their maximumallowable seed size and sieve size for the specific use intended. Thiscan vary for each end user, e.g., processing at different stages ofmaturity would be required for different types of consumer beans such as“whole pack,” “cut” or “french style”. The number of days are calculatedfrom a relative planting date which depends on day length, heat unitsand environmental other factors.

Sieve Size (sv)

Sieve size 1 means pods which fall through a sieve grader which cullsout pod diameters of 4.76 cm through 5.76 cm. Sieve size 2 means podswhich fall through a sieve grader which culls out pod diameters of 5.76cm through 7.34 cm. Sieve size 3 means pods which fall through a sievegrader which culls out pod diameters of 7.34 cm through 8.34 cm. Sievesize 4 means pods which fall through a sieve grader which culls out poddiameters of 8.34 cm through 9.53 cm. Sieve size 5 means pods which fallthrough a sieve grader which culls out pod diameters of 9.53 cm through10.72 cm. Sieve size 6 means pods which fall through a sieve graderwhich culls out pod diameters of 10.72 cm or larger.

Bean Yield (Tons/Acre)

The yield in tons/acre is the actual yield of the beans at harvest.

Plant Height

Plant height is taken from the top of soil to top node of the plant andis measured in centimeters.

Allele

Allele is any of one or more alternative forms of a gene, all of whichalleles relate to one trait or characteristic. In a diploid cell ororganism, the two alleles of a given gene occupy corresponding loci on apair of homologous chromosomes.

Backcrossing

Backcrossing is a process in which a breeder repeatedly crosses hybridprogeny back to one of the parents, for example, a first generationhybrid F₁ with one of the parental genotypes of the F₁ hybrid.

Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL)

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) refer to genetic loci that control to somedegree numerically representable traits that are usually continuouslydistributed.

Regeneration

Regeneration refers to the development of a plant from tissue culture.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Garden bean cultivar ‘10417’ has superior characteristics and wasdeveloped from the cross of ‘Trueblue’−‘Labrador’. The F₁ plants weregrown in a greenhouse during the Spring of 1991. F₂ selection was madeat Sun Prairie, Wis. in the Summer of 1991. The F₃ selections were madein the Summer of 1992 at San Juan Bautista; F₄ plants were selected inCalifornia and tested for Common Mosaic Virus in the Fall of 1992; F₅selections were made and tested for Common Mosaic Virus in the Spring of1993 in California; F6 selections were made in Summer, 1993 in San JuanBautista; F₇ plants were selected at Sun Prairie, Wis. in the summer of1994. F₈ plants were selected and designated ‘10417’ at San JuanBautista, Calif. in the Summer of 1995.

Some of the criteria used to select in various generations include: podappearance, bean yield, pod set height, emergence, disease tolerance,maturity, and plant height.

The cultivar has shown uniformity and stability, as described in thefollowing variety description information. It has been self-pollinated asufficient number of generations with careful attention to uniformity ofplant type. The line has been increased with continued observation foruniformity.

Garden bean cultivar ‘10417’ has the following morphologic and othercharacteristics (based primarily on data collected at San JuanBautista).

VARIETY DESCRIPTION INFORMATION

1. MARKET MATURITY

Days to edible pods: 52 days

Number of days earlier than Labrador: 4 days

2. PLANT

Habit: Determinate

Height: 44 cm

Shorter than Labrador by 4 cm

Spread: 40 cm

Plant Shape: Spherical

3. LEAVES

Size: Medium

Color: Medium green

4. FLOWER COLOR

Color: White

5. PODS (edible maturity)

Exterior color: Medium dark green

Pod Length: 13 cm

Distribution of sieve size at optimum maturity:

25% 7.34-8.34 mm - Sieve 3

55% 8.34-9.53 mm - Sieve 4

20% 9.53-10.72 mm - Sieve 5

Average Length of 3 sieve: 12.5 cm

Average Length of 4 sieve: 13.0 cm

6. SEED COLOR

Primary color: White

7. DISEASE RESISTANCE

Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV)—Resistant

Anthracose—Resistant

This invention is also directed to methods for producing a garden beanplant by crossing a first parent garden bean plant with a second parentgarden bean plant, wherein the first or second garden bean plant is thegarden bean plant from the line ‘10417’. Further, both first and secondparent garden bean plants may be from the cultivar ‘10417’. Therefore,any methods using the cultivar ‘10417’ are part of this invention:selfing, backcrosses, hybrid breeding, and crosses to populations. Anyplants produced using cultivar ‘10417’ as a parent are within the scopeof this invention.

As used herein, the term “plant” includes plant cells, plantprotoplasts, plant cells of tissue culture from which garden bean plantscan be regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that areintact in plants or parts of plants, such as pollen, flowers, embryos,ovules, seeds, pods, leaves, stems, roots, anthers and the like. Thus,another aspect of this invention is to provide for cells which upongrowth and differentiation produce a cultivar having essentially all ofthe physiological and morphological characteristics of ‘10417’.

Culture for expressing desired structural genes and cultured cells areknown in the art. Also as known in the art, garden beans aretransformable and regenerable such that whole plants containing andexpressing desired genes under regulatory control may be obtained.General descriptions of plant expression vectors and reporter genes andtransformation protocols can be found in Gruber, et al., “Vectors forPlant Transformation, in Methods in Plant Molecular Biology &Biotechnology” in Glich, et al., (Eds. pp. 89-119, CRC Press, 1993).Moreover GUS expression vectors and GUS gene cassettes are availablefrom Clone Tech Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. while luciferaseexpression vectors and luciferase gene cassettes are available from ProMega Corp. (Madison, Wis.). General methods of culturing plant tissuesare provided for example by Maki, et al., “Procedures for IntroducingForeign DNA into Plants” in Methods in Plant Molecular Biology &Biotechnology, Glich, et al., (Eds. pp. 67-88 CRC Press, 1993); and byPhillips, et al., “Cell-Tissue Culture and In-Vitro Manipulation” inCorn & Corn Improvement, 3rd Edition; Sprague, et al., (Eds. pp.345-387) American Society of Agronomy Inc., 1988. Methods of introducingexpression vectors into plant tissue include the direct infection orco-cultivation of plant cells with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Horsch etal., Science, 227:1229 (1985). Descriptions of Agrobacterium vectorssystems and methods for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer provided byGruber, et al., supra.

Procedures for garden bean transformation have been described by:McClean, P., et al. (1991): “Susceptibility of Dry Bean(Phaseolus-Vulgaris L.) to Agrobactenum Infection—Transformation ofCotyledonary and Hypocotyl Tissues.” Plant Cell Tissue Org. Cult. 24(2,February), 131-138. Russell, D. R., et al. (1993): “StableTransformation of Phaseolus vulgaris via Electric-Discharge MediatedParticle Acceleration.” Pl. Cell. Rep. 12(3, January), 165-169.Franklin, C. I., et al. (1993): “Genetic Transformation of Green BeanCallus via Agrobacterium Mediated DNA Transfer.” Pl. Cell. Rep. 12(2,January), 74-79. Aragao, F. J. L., et al. (1992): “ParticleBombardment-Mediated Transient Expression of a Brazil NutMethionine-Rich Albumin in Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).” Plant Mol.Biol. 20(2, October), 357-359. Aragao, F. J. L., et al. (1993): “FactorsInfluencing Transient Gene Expression in Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Using an Electrical Particle Acceleration Device.” Pl. Cell. Rep. 12(9,July), 483-490. Francisco Aragao (1996): “Inheritance of foreign genesin transgenic bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) co-transformed via particlebombardment.” Theor. Appl. Genet. 93: 142-150. Zhang, Z., et al. (1997):“Factors Affecting Agrobacterium—mediated Transformation of CommonBean.” J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 122(3): 300-305. Kim, J.; Minamikawa, T.(1996): “Transformation and regeneration of French bean plants by theparticle bombardment process.” Plant Science 117: 131-138. Saker, M.;Kuhne, T. (1997/98): “Production of transgenic kidney bean shoots byelectroporation of intact cells.” Biologia Plantarum 40(4): 507-514.

Useful methods include but are not limited to expression vectorsintroduced into plant tissues using a direct gene transfer method suchas microprojectile-mediated delivery, DNA injection, electroporation andthe like. More preferably expression vectors are introduced into planttissues using the microprojectile media delivery with the biolisticdevice Agrobacterium-medicated transformation. Transformant plantsobtained with the protoplasm of the invention are intended to be withinthe scope of this invention.

The present invention contemplates a garden bean plant regenerated froma tissue culture of a variety (e.g., ‘10417’) or hybrid plant of thepresent invention. As is well known in the art, tissue culture of gardenbean can be used for the in vitro regeneration of a garden bean plant.Tissue culture of various tissues of garden beans and regeneration ofplants therefrom is well known and widely published. For example,reference may be had to McClean, P.; Grafton, K. F. (1989):“Regeneration of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) via organogenesis.” PlantSci. 60,117-122. Mergeai, G.; Baudoin, J. P. (1990): “Development of anin vitro culture method for heart-shaped embryo in Phaseolus vulgaris.”B.I.C. Invit. Papers 33, 115-116. Vanderwesthuizen, A. J.; Groenewald,E. G. (1990): “Root Formation and Attempts to Establish Morphogenesis inCallus Tissues of Beans (Phaseolus—Vulgaris L.).” S. Afr. J. Bot. 56(2,April), 271-273. Benedicic, D., et al. (1990): “The regeneration ofPhaseolus vulgaris plants from meristem culture.” Abst. 5th I.A.P.T.C.Cong. 1, 91 (#A3-33). Genga, A.; Allavena, A. (1990): “Factors affectingmorphogenesis from immature cotyledons of Phaseolus coccineus L..” Abst.5th I.A.P.T.C. Cong. 1, 101 (#A3-75). Vaquero, F., et al. (1990): “Plantregeneration and preliminary studies on transformation of Phaseoluscoccineus.” Abst. 5th I.A.P.T.C. Cong. 1,106 (#A3-93). Franklin, C. I.,et al. (1991): “Plant Regeneration from Seedling Explants of Green Bean(Phaseolus-Vulgaris L.) via Organogenesis.” Plant Cell Tissue Org. Cult.24(3, March), 199-206. Malik, K. A.; Saxena, P. K. (1991): “Regenerationin Phaseolus-Vulgaris L.—Promotive Role of N6-Benzylaminopurine inCultures from Juvenile Leaves.” Planta 184(1), 148-150. Genga, A.;Allavena, A. (1991): “Factors affecting morphogenesis from immaturecotyledones of Phaseolus coccineus L.” Plant Cell Tissue Org. Cult. 27,189-196. Malik, K. A.; Saxena, P. K. (1992): “Regeneration in Phaseolusvulgaris L.—High-Frequency Induction of Direct Shoot Formation in IntactSeedlings by N-6-Benzylaminopurine and Thidiazuron.” 186 (3, February),384-389. Malik, K. A.; Saxena, P. K. (1992): “Somatic Embryogenesis andShoot Regeneration from Intact Seedlings of Phaseolus acutifolius A., P.aureus (L.) Wilczek, P. coccineus L., and P. wrightii L.” Pl. Cell. Rep.11(3, April), 163-168. Chavez, J., et al. (1992): “Development of an invitro culture method for heart shaped embryo in Phaseolus polyanthus.”B.I.C. Invit. Papers 35, 215-216. Munoz-Florez, L. C., et al. (1992):“Finding out an efficient technique for inducing callus from Phaseolusmicrospores.” B.I.C. Invit. Papers 35, 217-218. Vaquero, F., et al.(1993): “A Method for Long-Term Micropropagation of Phaseolus coccineusL.” L. Pl. Cell. Rep. 12 (7-8, May), 395-398. Lewis, M. E.; Bliss, F. A.(1994): “Tumor Formation and beta-Glucuronidase Expression in PhaseolusVulgaris Inoculated with Agrobacterium Tumefaciens.” Journal of theAmerican Society for Horticultural Science 119 (2, March), 361-366.Song, J. Y., et al. (1995): “Effect of auxin on expression of theisopentenyl transferase gene (ipt) in transformed bean (Phaseolusvulgaris L.) single-cell clones induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciensC58.” J. Plant Physiol. 146 (1-2, May), 148-154. Thus, another aspect ofthis invention is to provide cells which upon growth and differentiationproduce garden bean plants having the physiological and morphologicalcharacteristics of variety ‘10417’.

The cultivar ‘10417’ has medium dark, attractive pods, with amedium-high pod set height, which are on an erect machine harvestablebush. ‘10417’ is tolerant to Bean Common Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose.‘10417’ has a concentrated pod set and a uniform pod color when frozenor canned.

The cultivar ‘10417’ is similar to ‘Labrador’. While similar to‘Labrador’, there are numerous differences including: ‘10417’ maturesapproximately 4 days earlier and is approximately 4 cm shorter than‘Labrador’. Additionally, ‘10417’ has a spherical plant shape while‘Labrador’ is a high bush shape.

TABLES

In Table 1 that follows, the percentage of bean pod with different sievesizes is shown. The first column lists the variety tested, the secondcolumn shows the seed size. Columns 3-6 show the percentage of beans fordifferent sieve sizes 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively. Column 7 lists theyield in tons per acre and column 8 gives day to maturity.

TABLE 1 Seed % % % Yield Days to Variety Size 1-3 sv 4 sv 5 sv T/AcreMaturity ‘10417’ 8.8 18 50 29 3.31 58 ‘10417’ 11.4 34 43 21 5.05 50‘10417’ 11.6 11 62 26 7.31 53 Average 5.22 54 ‘Labrador’ 11.6 28 44 281.57 61 ‘Labrador’ 10.6 33 55 12 3.65 54 ‘Labrador’ 11.0 19 50 31 5.5754 Average 3.60 56

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

A deposit of the Harris Moran Seed Company garden bean 10417 disclosedabove and recited in the appended claims has been made with the AmericanType Culture Collection (ATCC), 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas,Virginia 20110. The date of deposit was Dec. 12, 2000. The deposit of2,500 seeds were taken from the same deposit maintained by Harris MoranSeed Company since prior to the filing date of this application. Allrestrictions upon the deposit have been removed, and the deposit isintended to meet all of the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.801-1.809. TheATCC accession number is PTA-2774. The deposit will be maintained in thedepository for a period of 30 years, or 5 years after the last request,or for the effective life of the patent, whichever is longer, and willbe replaced as necessary during that period.

Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail byway of illustration and example for purposes of clarity andunderstanding, it will be obvious that certain changes and modificationsmay be practiced within the scope of the invention, as limited only bythe scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean seed designated ‘10417’, wherein a sample of said seed has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-2774.
 2. A plant, or its parts, produced by growing the seed of claim
 1. 3. Pollen of the plant of claim
 2. 4. An ovule of the plant of claim
 2. 5. A Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean plant having, all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the garden bean plant of claim 2, or its parts.
 6. Tissue culture of the seed of claim
 1. 7. A Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 6, capable of expressing all the morphological and physiological, characteristics of Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean plant ‘10417’ representative seeds of said plant having been deposited under ATCC No. PTA-2774.
 8. Tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant, or its parts, of claim
 2. 9. The tissue culture of claim 8 selected from the group consisting of protoplasts and calli, wherein the regenerable cells are derived from embryos, meristematic cells, pollen, leaves, anthers, roots, root tips, flowers, seeds, stems, pods.
 10. A Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 9, capable of expressing all the morphological and physiological characteristics of Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean plant ‘10417’ representative seeds of said plant having been deposited under ATCC No. PTA-2774.
 11. A method for producing a garden bean seed comprising crossing a first parent garden bean plant with a second parent garden bean plant and harvesting the resultant hybrid garden bean seed, wherein said first or second parent garden bean plant is the Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean plant of claim
 2. 12. A hybrid garden bean seed produced by the method of claim
 11. 13. A hybrid garden bean plant, or its parts, produced by growing said hybrid garden bean seed of claim
 12. 